MAY 8, 2012

RONDA'S CORNER

dreamstimefree_1355340.jpgI am looking forward to seeing all of you Thursday night. Remember that the member plans are

due before you leave school. If you have questions about the plan please let us know. Mary Ann and I would be happy

to assist.


MARY ANN'S MEANDERINGS
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Last newsletter will be on May 29th. If you are a C3 please try and make the last meeting of the year on May 16th at Cuba Rushford High School Library - lunch (BYOL) at 12:30, meeting at 1:00.

APPR , SLOs and Librarians: This letter was sent to the System Directors on May 4th.


Colleagues,



The new State Education Department Guidance on the APPR and SLOs has now been posted at http://engageny.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/APPR-Field-Guidance.pdf . This Guidance Document states explicitly "School Librarians are teachers in the classroom teaching service and are, therefore, subject to the new law beginning in the 2012-2013" (page 17).


Hope this is helpful . Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.


Best,

Joanne

Joanne Shawhan, Ph.D.
Associate in School Library Services
Office of Educational Design & Technology
State Education Department
Room 318M EB
89 Washington Ave.
Albany, New York 12234
518-408-1649--voice
518 473-2860--fax
jshawhan@mail.nysed.gov
http://www.p12.nysed.gov/technology/library/